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Git: Version Control for Everyone

By : Ravishankar Somasundaram
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Git: Version Control for Everyone

By: Ravishankar Somasundaram

Overview of this book

<div> <div>Git – is free software which enables you to maintain different versions of single or multiple files present inside a directory(folder), and allows you to switch back and forth between them at any given point of time. It also allows multiple people to work on the same file collaboratively or in parallel, without being connected to a server or any other centralized system continuously.<br /><br />This book is a step by step, practical guide, helping you learn the routine of version controlling all your content, every day. <br /><br />If you are an average computer user who wants to be able to maintain multiple versions of files and folders, or to go back and forth in time with respect to the files content – look no further. The workflow explained in this book will benefit anyone, no matter what kind of text or documentation they work on.<br /><br />This book will also benefit developers, administrators, analysts, architects and anyone else who wishes to perform simultaneous, collaborative work, or work in parallel on the same set of files. Git's advanced features are there to make your life easier.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div> </div>
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Git: Version Control for Everyone Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Time for action – committing files in CLI mode


Assuming you already have the command prompt opened by doing the steps mentioned under initiation process, give Git the following command:

git commit –m "your comments for the commit"

If you see a status message similar to the one mentioned previously it's a sign of an affirmation.

What just happened?

You have successfully committed your files to the repository. Henceforth any changes made to these files will be relative.

Let's see what happens when you change the contents of the file inside the repository.

I suddenly feel that I need to convey how Git impacts my work instead of just saying "It's a simple, fast, and superb version control system" in our content.docx file. So I am replacing this with the text "It increases my productivity manyfold when working with files that have frequent content changes."

Git tracks the change and indicates it to us when asked about a status update.